There is a (now former) professor named Deb Frisch who made threats against the child of a conservative blogger Jeff Goldstein. I find her conduct outrageous and condemn it completely.
Dr. Frisch claims that she is a liberal, and supposedly she takes a liberal/leftist position on various topics. For reasons that remain absolutely opaque to me, she made several vile statements against Jeff Goldstein's 2-year-old. She also appears to have made some comments which I can only interpret at anti-semetic.
I'm appalled by her comments, and I publicly condemn them. Dr. Frisch has now apologized (sorta) for these comments and has resigned her faculty position. Good. She ought to retire in disgrace.
Why am I writing about this? Two reasons.
First, I just found out about this story today. Its up on RAW STORY; I haven't seen any aspect of it discussed here. Indeed, I don't know anything about Deb Frisch, and never heard of her until today. I'll tell you, though, anyone of any political stripe who threatens another bloggers children is WAY, WAY, WAY OVER THE LINE OF DECENCY.
Second, because I want to make clear to anyone and everyone that the Kos community does not support this sort of behavior. Its wrong when its done by the right-wing wackos, and its wrong when its done by someone who claims to be part of the left. Indeed, people who threaten children aren't progressives -- they are just run-of-the-mill bullies who masquerade themselves to justify their abusive behavior.
*Update*
Her blog now claims that she has merely submitted her resignation, not that it has been accepted. She doesn't deny making the statements, just claims that they were too nasty.